Spray, N. C., Monday, September 9, 1957
NUMBER 5
Goal $150,000 In Hospital Drive
Mills’
Smiling: Jim Eanes and his Shenandoah Valley Boys will entertain at the 25-
Vear Club picnic Saturday. Seated are Arnold Terry, bass; and Allen Shelton,
banjo; standing, Roy Russell, fiddle; and Jim Eanes, guitar.
The Fieldcresters, quartet comprised of Fieldcrest employees, also will provide
•nusical entertainment for the long-service employees.
Picnic To Honor Long Service Employees
A large attendance is expected at
the Fieldcrest 25-Year Club picnic in
Morehead Stadium Saturday, Septem
ber 14, starting at 3:30 p.m. Invitations
Were sent to the members some time
ago and tickets to the picnic will be
delivered to all of the members dur-
'ng this week.
Arrangements are being completed
■Which should make the outing one of
the most enjoyable in the history of the
25-Year Club. Jim Eanes and his Shen
andoah Valley Boys, from Station
WhEE in Martinsville, Va., and the
Fieldcresters, well-known quartet com
prised of Fieldcrest employees, will
provide musical entertainment.
Gordon Siler, of Leaksville, will
show his large collection of old guns,
old money, newspapers and other ar
ticles of historical significance in a dis
play that is expected to be of much in
terest to the club members. In addition
there will be an unusual guessing con
test with a cash prize of $25.00 for the
winner. A number of attendance prizes
also will be awarded.
Robert A. Harris, vice president in
charge of manufacturing, will be master
of ceremonies. President Harold W.
Whitcomb will speak to the veteran
employees on matters of importance to
the community and the Company. Of'-
ficers of Fieldcrest Mills and other
management officials will be guests.
Special recognition will be given at
the picnic to seven members of the
club who completed 50 years of un
broken service and to the group with
40 or more years of service.
Every Employee To Be
Solicited For Pledge
,
Simultaneous with community-
wide solicitations, Fieldcresters in
the next two weeks will be en- |
gaged in a campaign to raise ■;
funds for the construction of a j
beautiful, new, modem 75-bed
hospital. ;
The minimum goal at the mills
is $150,000, representing Field-
crest employees’ fair share of the
community-wide goal of $500,000.
The federal and state governments
will pay two-thirds of the cost of
the proposed $1,250,000 hospital,
provided $500,000 is raised locally
by October 1, 1957.
Solicitations at Fieldcrest will
start today (Monday) among
members of general management,
mill management, foremen, assist
ant foremen and staff employees.
Solicitation of production and
clerical employees will be con
ducted the week of September
16 under the leadership of the
mill superintendents and depart
ment heads.
Employees who pledge as much
as $50 (which amounts to 65c a
week) will become members of the I
“Cornerstone Club”. They will be !
issued membership cards and lapel
buttons and their names will be
inscribed on a scroll which will
be sealed in the cornerstone of
the new hospital. Honor Roll
placards listing all employees who
become members of the “Corner
stone Club” will be posted in the
mills.
To encourage competition be
tween the various mills. President
Harold W. Whitcomb has announc
ed that he will present a plaque
to the mill making the largest
contribution per employee. The
plaque will be awarded in appropi-
ate ceremonies and will be placed
permanently at the mill to com
memorate the employees’ gener
ous support of the hospital pro
ject.
In addition, a suitable unit of
the new hospital—^whatever the
mill’s contribution would buy—
will be named in honor of the mill
with the largest contribution per
employee.